Question

debate on dowry practice in lndia

Answer 1

Dowry can be termed as the movement of goods-in the forms of money, property and other physical assets- from the bride's family, at the tme of marriage, to the groom or the grooms family Dowry can be issued for multiple reasons, which have varied across time and geographical locatons. Further, dowry is distnguished from associated social traditions such as bride-wealth and dower2l Bride-wealth can be described as goods given by the groom, or his kin, to the kin of the bride whereas, dower is an exclusive gift by the groom, to his bride, which can only be used by her A prevalent social practce, dowry has existed for centunes and is practced to date in Inda, Northern Africa and other South East Asian natons Historically, dowry was prominent practce that ranged all across the surface of the earth, which included Greece, China, England, India, Mexico and numerous other South EastAsian, Afncan and Easten European natonss